Improvement in fastening foe bale hoops



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T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: l' p Be it known that I, JACOB REESE, of Pittsburg, in thel county `of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in'lzztstenin` for Bale Hoops; and I do herebydeclarevthe following to be a full, clear, and enact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingidrawings, making 1,

a part of this specification, in which-- fastening.

l Figure 2 is a. similar sectional View, showing another form of my improved fastening; p and Figure Sis a perspective view of the loop employed, as hereinafter to be described. Likeletters of reference indicate like parts. v

Figure lis a section passing4 throughrthe entire length of thc hoop and showing oneform` ofmy improved,` p

When cotton, hay, hemp, dax, or other Tight articles of a similar character, are to be packed in bales, it is desirable to enclose them in hoops, which may bc readily placed around them when they areisuiiiciently com- I pressed, and whichcan then be easily and securely fastened. If, in addition thereto, the hoop can be easily removed when the bale is to be opened, and still be in u lit condition, to be used again in rebaling the cotton or other articles, its value will thereby be materially enhanced. v

The nature of my invention consists in constructing a hoop adapted to such'purp'o'ss.`

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use'my invention, I will proceed todescribe its construction l and operation. 4 i

From hoop iron, or`other material adapted to such purposes, and rolled out tothe proper width and thick ness, I cut the metallic' bands or hoops a and a', of a length somewhat in exccssof the circumference o i l1 bale to be secured. From the same material I f zonstruct the loops ce, as shown in iig( 3,`byfoldingthe tyvo ends together and securing them `by rivets, d rl, and make them of suficient size to encompass somewhat loosely two thicknesses of the loop a or a. 4 By. the rivet dthat secures the loop c, I attach such loop to one end of the hoop a, with the open side of the loop c on either 'the inside'or outside of the hoopl a. Fig. lshows it on` the' inside. In such case I `put the hoop around the bale after ithas been suliciently compressed, slip the end e, opposite the loop end, through the loop c, and after drawing it tight, fold the end e back and under, making an acute angle or short curve at the point of bending, and slip it in between the main part of the hoop a and the bale. The outward pressure of the bale then keeps it in position. The folding o f the hoop end e` back so as to secure an acute-angle, or a short cui-"e at the point of bending, is a valuable feature of my invention. That part of the hoop embraced within the loop c is held rmly down by the loop itself, while the 4corresponding part under the loop c is pressed outagainst the loop by the bale, consequently the hoop is thusfolded and held at thc point of folding, with a degree of compression from both sides, such that, with the sharp angle or short curve which it necessarily makes, the possibility of its slipping is Wholly obviated. The hoop is removed, when the bale is to' be opened, by simply reversing,r the'operation. The hoop can be again used; and asbales are seldom of exactly of the samcsize, the hoop will seldom be` bent-twicerat the same point `when the end e is` v being folded back and under, so that it will be in little or no danger of being broken by `being.repeatedly bent. More commonly, however, I adopt the construction shown in iig. 2. The loop c is then riveted by a rivet, d, to the end of the hoop a', withits open part projecting on the outer side of the hoop. Before putting it on1the bale, I slip usually` two sleeves, n4 n', which are similar in construction to -the loop c, iig. 3, loosely on to the hoop c. I then placethe hoop around the bale, as above described, slip the end a through the loop c, draw it tight and fold thc ende', making an acute` angle or short curve at the point of bending backward, ltill it has the position shown in iig. 2. The sleeves n n are then slipped onto it, one, n, suliiciently close to the loop c, to hold the folded end e', near the point of bending, closely down and prevent its slipping around the opposite edge of and through the loop c, and the other, n', to keep the extreme end e in its place. Thecompression thus produced onthe hoop, at or near the point of curvature, by the joint action of the loop c, and the sleeve n, secures an acute angle or short curve at the point of folding, which, 'as hereinbefore` describedpeifectually pre cludes the possibility f the fastening becoming loosened. I-f the folded end c. of the hoop c isinot long, one

` sleeve n or n', may be sulcient. When the bale is to he opened, the'hoop a may be removed by reversing the operation, and thelioop again used for the saine or similar purposes, substantially as herei'before set forth. The advantages of this -bale tie over other ties which require the hoop to be puuched5-consist, among `other n sas 2 things, in the feet that it is punch-ed for but one rivet, d, and there the part purchased is supported and Y strengthened by' the loop c; so that three-quarter inch hoop iron by this plan is as strong as one-inoh hoop iron punched and fastened in theusual wa-y, since such punching weakensthe iron to a breadth considerably in excess of thediemeter of the rivet hole, by destroying or. lessening the tenacity of the metal immediately surrounding; und if the hoop et that point be unsupported, it is weakened correspondingly. The Y making of theloops c, und the sleeves n n', involves no 'increase of expense, since they are the simplest forni of loop orsleeve-miiidc for such use-s, :md cnn be made from short pieces and scrap ends, which would otherwise go to Waste l What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Potent, is

1. *The loop c, constructed und attached, substantially as described, to one endof a. metallic hoop, and of suicent size toadmit theopposite end of such l1oop,-so that when such opposite end is passed through and folded back in either of the forms described, it will be heldin place either by the outward pressure ofthe bale, or by sleeves n n', one or more.

2. Comp'ressing the folded end of n hoop, at or nenr the point of folding, by theV joint action of they loop c Aund bale, or of the loop c and sleeve n, for thepurpose of preventing the slipping of the hoop at the point of fastening, substantially as described.

3 ..The sleeves n u of a. metallic hoop, incombination with the loop 0, for the purpose of fastening bale hoops, substantially in the manner described.

In testimony whereof I, the said JACOB REESE, have hereunto set my hand in presence of-F JACOB 'REESE Witnesses:

A. S. NICHOLSON, Guo. H. Cmzrsrr. 

